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Russian President Medvedev Signs New START Ratification

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States. The treaty, known as New START, is a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to "reset" ties with Moscow. The treaty limits each country to 1,550 strategic warheads, down from the current...

Obama Urges Senate to Approve START Treaty

WASHINGTON - Senate failure to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia threatens to undermine the U.S. relationship with Moscow and stall progress in waging the Afghanistan war and confronting Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Saturday. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to...

Report: US Vulnerable to Nuclear Attack

(July 22) -- The threat of an all-out nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States may be less than it was during the Cold War, but defense experts say decades-long efforts to avoid a possible Armageddon have had a downside: The United States is now woefully unprepared for any kind of nuclear attack. That's the...